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Download full textGray, Peter J.; Smith, Nick L. – 1983
Over 30 professional evaluators in five state departments of education and 5 large school districts were interviewed periodically over a 10-month period in 1982 to find out how the Education Consolidation Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) was affecting program evaluation activities. Preliminary findings on the impact of ECIA Chapter 1 (compensatory…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Decentralization, Educational Change
Peer reviewedSmith, Nick L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982
This synthesis of six commissioned papers on state education agency evaluation practices describes the sources of influence or factors affecting the context of their evaluation practices. Evaluation is viewed as testing, management, and policy formation conducted within a highly complex social setting. (PN)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Federal Government, Interaction
